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Adagio Teas has improved the bottled-tea field with Anteadote, a line of
four unsweetened flavors with no preservatives: White Pai Mu Tan, Black
Yunnan and Chun Hao grade Jasmine are new; Green Dragonwell has been an
award-winning flavor for Adagio since it was introduced two years ago.

Experience a cup of tea like never before. Drop a Tea Blossom, by Adagio
Teas, in hot water and the hand-woven cluster slowly unfurls, exposing a
delicate flower sitting at the bottom of your mug. Watching the petals open
as you sip adds a soothing aesthetic to tea time.

The stainless utiliTEA Variable Temperature Kettle doesn't just boil water,
it has specific settings that will bring it to either 180 degrees (in 2 1/2
minutes) for green tea or 212 degrees (in 4 minutes, 23 seconds) for black
tea. An excellent kettle for the price, compact and pours well. It lacks
some of the bells and whistles of the more expensive models but is
functional and kind of cute.

Loose tea can be, well, cumbersome -- all that fussing with steeping and
disposing of the leaves. Tea bags, an American invention of the early part
of the last century, are much easier. Lucky for us, Adagio Teas is putting
out varieties such as Dragonwell green tea, Ti Kuan Yin and Jasmine Pearls
oolong teas, and Silver Needle white tea, along with Golden Yunan and
English breakfast black teas. The tea comes in mesh pouches of loose leaves,
enclosed in sealed foil packets. The mesh is triangular-shaped, making it
easy to pull out of the cup without an unattractive paper tab.

These are certainly nice enough to give as gifts, but we say treat yourself
— you're worth it. Accessible single servings are the angle to these
specialty teas from Adagio; 15 foil-wrapped mesh bags per box, $10.

We held a blind tasting, pitting one of Adagio's bagged black teas, the
Golden Yunnan, against bagged tea from two other commercial blends, one
British and one Irish. The Adagio tea... came out on top. The majority of
the tasters liked its pronounced, complex flavor and roundness.

The Future of Homemaking: Tea Time. The ingenuiTEA offers a tidy way to brew
and serve loose-leaf tea. Rest the teapot on the rim of your mug, and
filtered tea pours in through a valve. It's microwave safe - just don't nuke
the leaves.

High-end tea is in a category of its own, said Michael Cramer, a former
investment banker who founded Adagio, based in Clifton, N.J. "It's more like the
new wine because of the new varietals," he said, adding that even though teas
(other than herbal teas) are all from the same plant, "it differs in how it is
grown and processed in the hands of an artisan, and that's how it becomes
interesting."

Coffeemakers have become more elaborate and now tea-brewing gizmos are
following suit. Adagio Teas, for instance, recently introduced ingenuiTEA, a
self-filtering transparent pot. After steeping loose leaves in boiled water,
you place the pot on a mug, and the filtering system drains brewed tea into
the cup.

That's one of the secrets behind Anteadote, a new bottled tea from Adagio that
uses Japanese technology to extract the oxygen from each bottle. "By taking the
air out, the tea can't oxidize, and without oxidation it can't spoil, so there's
no need to add any chemicals or preservatives."

Tea drinking in the United States is on the rise and with it has come a
growing number of Web sites devoted to selling the ancient leaf.
One of the more well-known is Clifton-based Adagio Tea, a thriving
dot-com that blends sales with customer education and may be an ecommerce
venture that promises to pay off.

When Michael Cramer co-founded Adagio Teas back in 1999 together with his
mother and brother, they didn't expect to become Internet zillionaires.
They just wanted to expand the gourmet tea market to what was then an
uncaring world.

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display teas

Our display teas appeal to the eye as much as the palate. Each serving is a
cluster of leaves that unfold in water, revealing a delicate flower hidden
within. The splendor of the flower "blooming" in the cup enhances the
wondrous taste of tea leaves gathered at the peak of freshness.

realiTEA gourmet teabags

Our teabags join a crowded field of products all claiming to be "gourmet."
However they are one of the few products on the market containing full-leaf tea.
In fact, these are the same grades of tea we offer loose. The only
difference is added convenience. Available in 14 varieties.

visibiliTEA loose teas

Retail packaging with a twist - a clear top that permits a view of the
leaves inside. In another industry first, Adagio lets customers evaluate the
quality of tea prior to purchase. And offers those who are new to gourmet
tea a chance to learn more about its many varieties.

triniTEA electric tea maker

The only electrical tea maker on the market, triniTEA combines the functions
of a kettle, teapot and warmer in one simple device. It heats water, steeps
leaves, and keeps tea warm for you to enjoy all day long. A variable timer
even lets you control the strength of an infusion, ensuring a perfect cup of
tea each time.

utiliTEA variable-temp kettle

The first electric kettle on the market to offer variable temperature
control. Unlike other kettles which can only boil water, utiliTEA offers a
gamut of temperature settings. This makes it ideal for the preparation of
green tea, which is best steeped at a "cooler than boiling" temperature.

ingenuiTEA teapot

An ingenious teapot with a unique filtering system. Once placed atop a cup,
the valve at the bottom opens, permitting crystal-clear tea flow down, while
a mesh filter retains all the leaves. Among the easiest tea preparation
products on the market.

anteadote RTD teas

An award-winning unsweetened green tea bottled with a unique packaging process that removes
all oxygen, averting the need for additives or preservatives. Among the few
products to be made with real tea leaves, not powders or concentrates.

TeaMap directory

An online directory of tearooms across the world, with detailed contact
information, photos, maps, driving directions, and many customer reviews.
The most comprehensive and timely listing of tea establishments.

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